reinstalling Win98 SE

I noticed that Windows 98SE can be uninstalled thru the Control Panel ADD/Remove Programs. Ijust did a repair reinstallation which truned out badly Is uninstalling thru the Control Panel and then reinstalling with 98 CD Rom an any better solution? Will I still be left with a buggy system? Are there any advantages to doing it this way before getting down to reformatting the hard drive?

Greetings, fugazi72 !
>>Ijust did a repair reinstallation which truned out badly Is uninstalling
>>thru the Control Panel and then reinstalling with 98 CD Rom an any better solution?

You can uninstall through Control Panel and see if it may clean the bad iinstall up. Sometimes this will work; sometimes not.

>> Are there any advantages to doing it this way before getting down to reformatting the hard drive?

It is faster if you can do a repair install and get a clean system. If you do not have the drivers for your devices connected to your computer, a repair install uses the drivers already there. A reformat and install will require that you have the drivers for your components.

one thing you may want to consider is if you want to troubleshoot via an indefinite time, versus installing in 2-3 hours. as war1 mentioned the control panel method "may" work... though I question the repair, as there may be other software already installed the may impede the install, or just exist as junk later after the you complete the installation.

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I reinstalled the Win 98SE on top of itself because the computer seemed to be slower than before and had received a lot of use. A professioal computer person reccommended reinsalling about once a year. I did a couple of "repair installs"and now the computer only runs at the lowest resolution and cannot be reset to higher resioluions. I can only read files using "Quick View." I also lost my Norton Internet Security. I thought this type of reinstallaion wa supposed to be safe and sometimes helpful.
It is probalby too late now. but how do you go about saving drivers?

It's just to point out the relation of the solution.. like seeing the forest through the trees. Granted Zee, you've got great info (not to mention you're #1 Win98 Expert here) and surely will see this through to the end. However, the question is already 36 hours old...so in my 2nd post where 2-3 hours is finite...it really is.

blue zee
When I go to Safe Mode I lose my mouse function. I was able to negociate to Display Adapter but I don't know how to expand it. In normal mode I have mouse function and there is one it llisted under Display ADapter with an option to Remove. I haven't worked with keyboard that much. Is there some combination of keys that will expand a highlighted objedt?

I only have W98 SE cd. I thought I had reinstalled the drivers for the RAGE LLC AGP but apparently it failed. Nothing has changed. I tired to change the resolution settings but they stayed at the lowest resolution. I got a message that "There is a problem with my display settings. The adapter type is incorrect or the current settings do not work with your hardware". After having to work with the keyboard, I got my cursor to work in Safe Mode by installing a PS/2 mouse. I fear I may have lost more than one driver

1) You must download w82474en.exe and save it to a directory on your systems hard disk. For example C:\temp is a common directory used to initially save a file into.

2) Once you have downloaded w82474en, close all programs, click the Start button and select the RUN menu item. Click the Browse button. Browse to the directory where w82474en.exe was saved. Select w82474en and click OK to run the program.

3) Follow the instructions on the screen.

Manual Installation instructions after running w82474en.

1) Start Windows 95/98.

2) Click the Start button. Click the Run menu item. Click the Browse button. Browse to the directory where the files were unpacked after running w82474en. The default directory is C:\ati\support\w82474en

3) Select SETUP.EXE and press OK.

4) Follow the instructions displayed in the help.

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ISSUES YOU MAY ENCOUNTER:

Version Conflicts

VERSION CONFLICTS may occur if you have installed a previous version of the Rage IIc display driver.

For example you may encounter Version Conflicts if you install this driver on a system where you have previously installed a Special Purpose Driver.

If you encounter a "VERSION CONFLICT" message while installing this display driver select the "NO" option to proceed.

* Selecting "NO" will ensure that the components of this driver bundle will replace your existing driver components.

* Selecting "YES" will result in a MIX of new and old driver components, which is undesirable.

Seem to be caught in a loop. I removed RAge device and reinstalled it. It was recogniized as being installed but again came with the ERROR STARTING PROGRAM message "The ATITASK.exe file is linked to missing export ATICWDDE.DLL.Init." Tried to find tne driver in W98 SE cd but that didn't work. I could not use Windows update because the 98 computer does not connect to internet now. Thought I might piggyback using my XP DSL connection but couldn't figure that out. When I try to reset my resolution it fails and I get "There is a problem with your display settings. The adapter type is incorrect or the current settings do not work with your hardware".
Went t ATi download site but was advised site ws unauthorized

I'm working from an XP on DSL. The 98 doesn't connect to the net. I was able to save the driver W82474EN.EXE to the hard drive of the XP. Another big problem is that the XP will not burn CD/DVDs at this time. I'm in the middle of trying of trying get the solution to that problem. Seems to be a hard nut to crack. Hope we're gettig closer to to solution before I crack up

I don't know if putting 98s hard drive in the XP would do much good? The last time I tried to burn something with the 98 it completly shut down.
Don't have much experience working inside a computer. It is limited to inserting RAM and a USB 2 card in the 98. I would like be able to do more. I have a new hard drive sitting around. Would it be feasible to install it as a master make the the buggy hard drive slave and work on it from there?.
I have the cover off the 98 and am looking for a model number for my ATI card. The most promenant number I see is 045 048. Is that the model number?.

It seems after much travail that the burner on the XP is faulty. It burns with one odd application??? but with none of the common applications like Windows Media Player, Soniic Record Now, Roxio, etc,etc. I am going to have someone run a diagnosis on it.
The beat goes on!!

I'm just wondering if sequence matters? I want to put a new hard drive in as master and use the buggy one as slave. Should I reformat the buggy slave after I have installed w98SE on the new master. Is usiing fdisk the best way to reformat a drive?

I am having second thoughts about reinstalling windowss 98. The main concern is lack of support especially security. Is there any support out there besides Microsoft. I would have fears of goig online with 98ES without adequate updatess. I am concerned that the old computer may be heded for the junkheap. Would it be betterto put another OS on it?

Zee
I was thinking more of Linux or Knoppix since I already have XP Home on a newer computer. I only have an ERD copied to DVDs for the XP so I don't think I could use those as Installation disk. I got my 98SE preinstalled on my older computer and also got a 98SE disk with it. I'm assuming this is a full installation disk but I'm not positive. I've used it to do a couple of "repair installations" without doing much good. I also did SFC checks with 98 and performed numerous restores hopeing that might restore a driver and correct the minimum resolution problem I have. REstores did not help much, so I guess that is not a function of SFC program??

I removed entry under Display Adapter and reinstalled it by restarting. It reinstalled and I tried to reset resolution but it didn't work. Got error message saying something like I have wrong adapter for resoltion setting. I get an error message after bootig into Windows that" The ATTITASK.EXE fiile is linked to Missing Export ATICWDDE.DLL.Init.

@LeeTutor...OBJECTION! :-) there is alot of information here to PAQ....everyone that participated here added valid information to repair. However, my first comment is the ultimate solution, accept that as the answer and split points with the following, please:

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